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Getting ‘Forward’ Backward
By SETH LIPSKY, From The Daily Beast
May 10, 2012
President Obama is getting razzed for seeming oblivious to the hard-left associations of his new campaign slogan, “Forward,” which was once used by the Marxists, the socialists, and even the communists. Glenn Beck’s Web site, The Blaze, posts an…
Lifelong Republican Calls for Hike in Capital Gains Taxes, But Errs on Reagan Record
By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun
February 27, 2012
The founder of the Vanguard group of mutual funds, John C. Bogle, who says he is a lifelong Republican, is calling on Congress to raise capital gains taxes to the rates that apply to ordinary income. “As a general policy, equalize the taxes, raise the…
Why People Prefer To Talk About Limbaugh’s Choice of Words on Sandra Fluke
By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun
March 5, 2012
President Obama and the press have been all over Rush Limbaugh for the words he used to criticize a Georgetown Law student, Sandra Fluke, who spoke on February 23 at a meeting of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. There’s been less…
Obama Ignites a ‘Catholic Moment’ in the Culture Wars
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun
February 15, 2012
The last two weeks have produced an astounding convergence of profound philosophical public controversies in the United States that finally does justify the phrase, much bandied about for some years, “culture wars.” That expression was coined…
Why Gingrich Floundered in Florida
By R. EMMETT TYRRELL, Jr., Special to the Sun
January 31, 2012
Ah, yes, Newt Gingrich did in the last days of the Florida primary precisely what I predicted he would do. He hurled wild charges at Mitt Romney that suggested Newt was losing his grip. He charged Romney with lying and falling into the hands of George…
State of Obama Begs for a Challenger Like Mitch Daniels or Jeb Bush
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun
January 31, 2012
I cannot have been the only person who found President Obama’s State of the Union message and much of the indulgence of it, even by serious commentators, worrisome. The president was correct that “too many of our institutions have let us down.” He…
Gingrich Meets the Enemy and It Turns Out To Be His Own Policies
By IRA STOLL, Special to the Sun
January 30, 2012
Even before polls opened in Florida’s Republican primary, some pundits were trying to explain a potential Newt Gingrich loss there by saying he’d been outspent. Mike Allen’s influential Politico Playbook daily morning email reported Monday, “Newt…
William Jefferson Gingrich
By R. EMMETT TYRRELL, Jr., Special to the Sun
January 25, 2012
How long have I been saying it? At least for 15 years, but in private I have been aware of it longer. Newt Gingrich is conservatism’s Bill Clinton, but without the charm. He has acquired wit but he has all the charm of barbed wire. Newt and Bill are…
CONRAD BLACK: A Comeback of Nixonian, If Not Lazarene, Proportions Warrants a Low Bow To Gingrich
IRA STOLL: Romney Could Hit Problems at Florida Over His Stand on Medicare
Romney Offering the Right Stuff on Obama’s Crony Capitalism
By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Special to the Sun
January 20, 2012
Let me build on Charles Krauthammer’s great Friday column, “The GOP’s Suicide March.” Mr. Krauthammer argues that just as President Obama’s class-warfare, soak-the-rich mantra started lagging in the polls, some Republicans on the campaign trail…
Gingrich Has Chance Tonight To Trump Interview With His Ex-Wife and Launch Reagan 2.0
By LAWRENCE KUDLOW, Special to the Sun
January 19, 2012
Might a strong Newt Gingrich debate performance tonight trump the ABC Nightline interview with Newt’s ex-wife Marianne? Remember, the debate comes before Nightline. And the roughly 5 million to 6 million people who watch the debate will be a lot more…
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